World War II veteran recalls 1945 decimation in Dresden

Jerry Lamb holds a photograph of himself taken in 1944. Lamb was a POW with American novelist Kurt Vonnegut at Slaughter House Five in Dresden, Germany. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)

Jerry Lamb talks about his experience as a POW in WWII during the fire bombing of Dresden, Germany as he sits in his Bath home with his dog Mikey. Lamb was a POW with American novelist Kurt Vonnegut at Slaughter House Five. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)

A photograph of Jerry Lamb taken after he served in WWII in 1945. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)

Jerry Lamb talks about his experience as a POW in WWII during the fire bombing of Dresden, Germany. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)

Jerry Lamb talks about his experience as a POW in WWII during the fire bombing of Dresden, Germany. Lamb was a POW with American novelist Kurt Vonnegut at Slaughter House Five. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)